François Truffaut

Annette Insdorf

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139172813

Long considered the definitive study of this director's genius, François Truffaut returns to print in a revised and updated edition. With fresh insights and an extensive section on the director's last five films Love on the Run, The Green Room, The Last Metro, The Woman Next Door, and Confidentially Yours, Annette Insdorf captures the essence and totality of his work. She discusses his contributions to the French New Wave, his relationship with his mentors Hitchcock and Renoir, and the dominant themes of his cinema - women, love, children and language - while exploring his own life in relation to his films, from The Four Hundred Blows to The Man Who Loved Women. As warmly and piercingly human as its subject, François Truffaut immortalises one of the cinema's most popular, prolific and profound artists.

‘The most sensitive and intelligent book in the English language about my work.’

François Truffaut

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Frontmatter
pp 1-6

Contents
pp 7-8

Preface
pp 9-10

Chronology
pp 11-12

About the Author
pp 13-14

1 - From “Cinéphile” to “Cinéaste”
pp 15-38

2 - The Hitchcockian Strain
pp 39-68

3 - Renoirian Vision
pp 69-104

4 - “Are Women Magic?”
pp 105-144

5 - “Les Enfants Terribles”
pp 145-172

6 - “Cinema in the First Person Singular”
pp 173-218

7 - Images on the Run
pp 219-251

Notes and References
pp 252-260

Selected Bibliography
pp 261-268

Filmography
pp 269-282

Index
pp 283-288

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